York County treats overgrown grass and weeds in unincorporated areas as a public nuisance under Chapter 56, acting on complaints. Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Tega Cay, and Clover run their own weed limits. Working farms are shielded by SC's Right to Farm law.
South Carolina is a home-rule state, so York County zones and abates nuisances across the unincorporated Piedmont south and west of the Charlotte suburbs. There is no routine height patrol; county code enforcement responds to complaints about overgrown, rank vegetation on occupied and vacant lots. Inside Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Tega Cay, Clover, and York the cities set and enforce their own grass and weed standards, and most subdivisions around Lake Wylie and Baxter Village add stricter HOA lawn covenants. Working farms are different: under the Right to Farm Act a bona fide agricultural operation cannot be forced into a nuisance suit over ordinary field or pasture growth.
An overgrown lot draws a written notice and a deadline to cut; if ignored, the county or city abates the growth and bills the owner, attaching the cost as a lien.
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